Americana Deluxe
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{{Infobox album
|name = Americana Deluxe
|type = Studio
|artist = Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
|cover = BigBadVoodooDaddy_AmericanaDeluxe.jpg
|released = February 24, 1998
|recorded = Capitol Studios B&C
|genre = Swing revival
|length = 54:21
|label = Interscope
|prev_title = Watchu' Want for Christmas?
|prev_year = 1997
|next_title = This Beautiful Life
|next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Americana Deluxe
| type = studio
| single1 = You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)
| single1date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|id=mw0000065517|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|accessdate=March 30, 2021}}
}}
Americana Deluxe is the second studio album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This album is sometimes called Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, as the album cover prominently displays a stylized "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy" logo and does not feature the phrase "Americana Deluxe". The liner notes and the band's website have the title Americana Deluxe.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Scotty Morris, except where noted
|headline = Americana Deluxe track listing
|title1 = The Boogie Bumper
|length1 = 3:38
|title2 = Mr. Pinstripe Suit
|length2 = 3:37
|title3 = King of Swing
|length3 = 4:58
|title4 = Minnie the Moocher
|length4 = 4:42
|note4 = Cab Calloway, Irving Mills
|title5 = You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight
|length5 = 3:34
|note5 = Baby
|title6 = Jump with My Baby
|length6 = 6:09
|title7 = Maddest Kind of Love
|length7 = 5:04
|title8 = Go Daddy-O
|length8 = 3:12
|title9 = Please Baby
|length9 = 4:59
|title10 = Mambo Swing
|length10 = 5:07
|title11 = Jumpin' Jack
|length11 = 4:47
|title12 = So Long-Farewell-Goodbye
|length12 = 4:34
|total_length = 54:21
}}
"You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)" incorporates a passage from the waltz "Sobre las Olas" by Juventino Rosas.
"Jumpin' Jack" includes a portion of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills.
Personnel
- Jeff Harris – trombone
- Karl Hunter – clarinet, Alto/Tenor/Baritone saxophone
- Joshua Levy – piano, vocals
- Glen "The Kid" Markevka – trumpet, vocals
- Scotty Morris – guitar, vocals, producer, package concept
- Andy "Lucious" Rowley – tenor/baritone saxophone, vocals, art direction, design
- Dirk Shumaker – bass, vocals, double bass
- Kurt Sodergren – Percussion, drums, gong
Technical
- Michael Frondelli - coproducer, engineer, mixing
- Brad Benedict - coproducer, art direction
- Tom Peterson - horn arranger
References
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Category:Interscope Records albums
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